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Large Hardon Collider and a Tiny Black Hole?

The New York Times has a front-page article about a lawsuit against the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN). Basically, two people are suing because they think that the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will cause a tiny black hole that will swallow the Earth and the universe.

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Are the two guys suing just zany or is there a real possibility of some unforeseen disaster? I sure as hell don’t know. But more important than the upcoming unraveling of reality, as I was reading the article in the cafe I noticed this:

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2 Responses to “Large Hardon Collider and a Tiny Black Hole?”

  1. Pyotr Says:
    March 29, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    Large Hardon Colliders and tiny black holes … my kind of science.

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